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October 18, 2001

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No question of acceptance of financial demands says CM

No question of acceptance of financial demands - clarifies CM
Chief Minister Mr. Chandrababu Naidu said that the Government can't withstand the demands of the APSRTC employees as APSRTC was in deep financial problems. He requested the Employee Unions to rethink their demands and join their duties.

Strikes to be intensified - says RTC JAC
The Convener of RTC Joint Action Committee B Rama Rao said that they will start Dharna and Hunger Strikes in case the Government does not accept their demands. They condemned the arrest of employees in various districts.

Demonstrations against the Government were held by APSRTC Employee Unions in various districts including Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad. continued in cities. Congress, Left parties and BJP expressed their support in various cities. Pradesh Congress Party Leader Mr. M Satyanarayana Rao said that illegal operators in the state was the root cause for the loses to APSRTC.

Meanwhile, the Railways introduced special trains to cope with the increase of passengers due to the continuing APSRTC strike.

Industrial growth to be checked every 3 months
Chief Minister Sri Chandrababu Naidu and Minister for Heavy Industries Sri K Vidhya Sagar Rao met with Officials of the State to study the Industrial growth and its percentage in the State GDP.

Collectors of Nellore and Cuddapah transferred
The District Collectors of Cuddapah and Nellore Districts were transferred due to their inability to alert people in their districts when heavy waters entered into the districts. Mr. K Chandramouli, Director of AIDS Project was appointed as the new Collector of Cuddapah while Mr. G Anantha Ramu is the new collector for Nellore.

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